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ACCC was doing and what ASHP was doing, and one of my goals when I became a member of the ACCC board of trustees was to get more pharmacists involved in the organization. The fact that now we have a pharmacist as president of ACCC means that has come to fruition. We anticipate a continuation of this type of involvement of pharmacists in ACCC.
What are your goals for your term as president? One, as I just mentioned, is to acknowledge the fact that by bringing other organizations into the fold that there is great synergy, and it presents a powerful statement to the regulatory agencies and to Congress. Another
focus this year is the theme of leadership. Leadership is incredibly important to be effective as clinicians, administrators, or in other roles. If we want to have a well-run oncology practice that takes good care of patients, we need good leadership within that. One example of leadership is to try to bring together ACCC and other stakeholders within the oncology community such as HOPA, ASHP, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network to educate CMS on issues of reimbursement. Another component of leadership has to do with valuing every person within the organization. I recently wrote an editorial called “Leading with Emotional Intelligence� (Oncology
Issues. Sept/Oct 2008. Page 5). Emotional intelligence is a topic that is very important within any organization. Leading with emotional intelligence requires that the leader, first of all, knows himself or herself and then that the leader knows how to relate in a very positive and constructive way with all of the employees within that group. One of the terms that I like a lot is that the leaders need to be servant leaders. The concept here is that by serving the people who work for you, you value them, and help them be successful at what they do. If I’m successful at making them successful, overall the whole organization is going to grow and to flourish. —Karen Rosenberg
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Know? 49% of adults who have ever taken a prescription medication report that they are only “fairly confident,� “somewhat confident,� or “not at all confident� in their knowledge about these medications. Source: www.harrisinteractive.com.
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